Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

This is WMR's complete copy of the final revise proof for Signature Y. WMR's
notes and suggestions appear on pages 326, 332, and 334, and the text shows
some printer's notations as well.

Textual History: Revision

Besides this copy of the third revise proof, the Delaware proofs for
Signature Y include the following: a
complete copy of the first
author's proof, with many corrections; an
author's first revise with various
corrections; a
partial set of a
second revise, (comprising pages 321,329-332); two sets of the third revise,
a
complete set with two further
DGR revisions to the sonnet ordering, and this set, WMR's copy. The
British Library
proofs
have another complete copy of the first revise proof for this
signature (dated 10 May).